Estate

No, as long as one of your parents is alive, the state medicaid office will not take their home. After they both have died, if the home is only in...

Kids fear ill Mom will die when alcoholic stepdad doesn't get help in time. Mom refuses nursing home. What can kids do?

Did your mother sign a health care proxy (or whatever it is called in your state)? In this document she names the representative who is in charge...

Who told you he was "incapacitated"? If the person was loosely using the word, you can ignore the accusation. However, if a medical doctor or...

Are there any loopholes to paying nursing homes any personal income, if yes what are they?

I am sorry to say, but I can't help you either. It is my understanding that your mother did not own her home, but you both paid rent. If she had...

Since your home is your and your husband's residence, it is protected until you both have passed away. After Medicare ends, the nursing home staff...

I want to contest my fathers house deed that has my step brothers name on it as the next owner.

Unfortunately, you will likely have an uphill battle voiding the deed unless you have a doctor's declaration that your father was incompetent at...

My mother has a family trust but is incompetent in the hospital. I am the next person named. I want to move into her mobile

This question is difficult to answer without additional information from you. When you say, "I am the next person named" do you mean as trustee or...

I can tell if a person understands what he/she is about to sign. Early stage dementia sounds like she is competent to sign a power of attorney. ...

My aunt is 94, is entering an assisted living and has spent down all assets on at-home care. She has a reverse mortgage on her h

I am concerned that she may not qualify for medicaid in 12 to 18 months because she may not require skilled nursing home care at that time. Even...

Gifts must be repaid if the gift was given to you by one or both parents within the 5 year look-back before a Medicaid application is filed. ...